THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,- SATURDAY EVENING, NOVHLIEER 15, 1013.
V.i.ERS ARE REMOVING
CL0 buildings: WHICH
DECLARED
UNSAFE
Already 10 Uilapidated struc
tures Have Been Torn Down;
Find. Decayed Piling. ,
Following cut the plan ot .a cam
paign against dilapidated buildings and
; those -which are unsafe, the city bulld-
' lnjr department since January 1, 11J.
lias notified owners of 2S1 buildings to
have the structures removed. Already
-110 of the buildings- have been removed
and owners of others are now arranging
to observe the Instructions, -1
Several owners i have askod to have
the matter arbitrated, as the. value set
by tho building; department was' ques
tioned. 80 far most of the decisions of
the department have been upheld by the
board of arbitration, but where they
were not sustained, the owner , was al
lowed to make repairs.
The a building department recently
.completed inspection of tho docks' and
wharves along- the river and In many
cases found them overloaded and In
. some cases unaafe. .
, ri4 Beoayad Filing.
On these docks are plied sacks of ce
ment, wheat and other material in largo
quantities , where the safe capacity ,1s
about one' third' Iag,-W -ttw. i
AVWIUII1B .'.viz ' tkv, - ...... ...
' Building Inspector Plujnmer by bis dep
uties,, the Oceanic ydock has some
decayed , piling which , should be - re
newed. " the Pacific iCoast Elevator
company's dock ,.- in Alblna Is .' over
loaded, the Northwest Door com
oanVa dock la badly overloaded, the Irv
ing dock is overloaded to some extent.
Supples' dock Is : Overloaded, Standard
Box & Lumber company's dock Is over
loaded about twice! its. safe capacity,
B. P. & S-'dock In the same condition.
while the dock of Alber Brothers, the
Crown Mill dock and several other. are
In good shape. V'Z'fi-'"-'-V'
The buildlne eoda : specifies that a
frame building within the fire limits ao-
terlorated more than 40 per cent rrom
' any cause must; be ttorn' down on rive
, days' notice' from tne ouuaing aepsrc-
M. - . . I . f I 1 Ml
menu 1 ficienuniuva 11 x:nn v.i..
per cent repaira may be made, but not
to exceed per cent of the value of the
building for any one year. "
h 1; Owners Obey Orders. .,
Following Is a partial list of owners
who nave removed buildings after re
ceiving orders from the - building t de
partment: 1 ' -X
H. Birrell. R." C.' Tenney, T. W.
Mulkey, Fred Bkskel. Burrell Investment
company, Eugene Hoch,,Geotge Barr, T.
J, Seufert,. T. Woodward Mr. Hegele,
a r smitii. M ... J TtaVap. Rosenf eld A
. Ellis. Rosetta Sherlock. J. P. KelL C M.
Tucker, Corbett estate; Swedish Salva
tion army, Crown Trust company. jr.
C. W. Cornelius, A. K Wilson, H. B5.
Lytic, D.- G: Woodward. I. Oerllnger,
Mrs. Clara E. Morey, Whitney, Stench
field & Hawkins, J. T. Kamra estate,
Cr A.- S. Nichols. Hartman & Thomp
son, Hedwlg Smith. Frank Wilder, Fred
Frits, O. O. Barlow. Hawthorne estate,
. J. Ehemanskl, William B. Honeyman Jr.,
bert. Whitman company, GusUv Frie-
waldTDr. Rarreny, J. r. Bucnuran, u. a.
. & N. A. King, J. N. Fleischnor, Daniels
e-M. A..sk TaVim ITlMS.
nan. WUliara & lone Buckman, PorUand
Gas Coke company, ftira. , wonaer,
Warv . J. Catllnr DttO M. Nelson.'
Merges, Sarah AJ SUvens, Fisher, Thor-
jnRPDni. airs. 1 juvuvwvtM . .
J. J. Kadderly, R. FJ. Montgomery, Ter
minal Investment s company, , wakeneia.
Fries & CO., J.;C Costello.
ED
OF HAVING
iiniv,
WORK FOR JOBLESS
STATE STj
mm
MEN
COURT'S
No Way Offered Now of Find- Municipal Judge Stevenson Is
luibu 'ni iivi wi
Prisoners;1
c 'Vir
How Is one to estimate the amount! Municipal' . Judge Stevenson, this
of manufactured articles purchased an. morning announced that he. 1 working
nuaiiy within the atateT Suoh Infor- on ft pian t0 lV9 ,n jobless men com-
value in attracting manufacturing In- " bewri Wm worlt -; . -!;, ;. , ,
dustiiea to Portland and would give a This plan la to ask cooperation of
more exact Idea of the amount of goods the employment agencies and request
that could be manufactured and sold in ii, ,,,, -
tha'state.:i".v,:;;';-:t -i.v- 'Vvv.'v,,-!..! - 1 '
B . t ' Blt I an nour . eacn rooming, wnen ine men
Is our Inability to secure absolute fig- fishing work may be told of the var
am v.Bvtwr. nuMth..., h tous positions Offered, ' This afternoon.
muiufetiip iri,-i within ..ta the Judge will personally Visit the em-
AI1 the eastern and central states have ?1gr",n agencies. $ - j ; i - '
special departments for . the exclusive - r, : - : v--'
purpose of compiling statistics, and it rom air parts , of the sUte for la-
is a.ubject that should have attention,- ?rt, of f erln .
today said K. H. Brown, vice president he.re work or. PacUcally all -men
of the Peninsula. Industrial company, J""" 7"? , ., ' "f v r
which has inaugurated a national cam! fTL"'.10., Wf "vlnf ln
palgn to bring Industrie to Portland. lon l?"ilf, I f,hl"p' oiZ' v.-
The next session of the legislature An. ,A .n'nnn h.A ,tni
should supply the deficiency." he sug- who complain they cannot get work. Il
gested. "by providing for an Inexpensive the Judge's .dea ' to bring the em.
offlce-of sUte statistician. : ployers and employes together at the
' "Manufacturinr Induatriea will not ..i i, .
only add to wealth by Increasing pay- get employment. With 'the advent of
rolls and keeping money at home, .but Wintfer, the number of idle me'n ln the
wm iiu-nisn means or using raw maie-I city Increases, thereby ; lncreaalng the
rials &nd incentive for making use of number of men taken in by the police,
now undeveloped resources. . : I ; ... T ,
mer 'SS WOMAN WANTSW WHIP
club, both tireless workers - la f the in
terests of our great state, but neither
havlnsr . an v ' facilities for kaenlna- sta-1
tistlcs Of the annual purchases within I ' Mrs. Robert Moran, manager ot , the
our state of certain manufactured oom-1 Bungalow apartments at Eleventh and
modltlas : and other' valuable lnforma-1 Jackson .streets, ' wanted ' to whip ; her
tion which ' the 1 progressive business husband in the municipal court this
man' of today requires from time to morning, out attaches of the court took
time. One has then the alternative of Moran my and averted a lively time
taking trip to Salem, only td find thafc between the couple.":. ;.$'.
no provision Is made therevfor the com- Ths woman had her husband arrested
pllatlon of the statistics, referred to. v r being mean to her. He told the
J'We underatand - that tha last legis- purt the fault was with bis wife, mak-
lature made some provision for a state mg accusations tne woman resentea
statistician, but the ' matter was not "You're the lowest man in this town,
finally carried, as its promoters wished to come ln and make auch false charges
to make a separate department out of it when you know they are -untrue." defl-
at an expense which would be prohlb- antly declared Mra Moran, as she shook
itive, considering the services rendered, her fist at the husband. "I ought to
A department could be operated under whip you for it If it wasn't in the
the supervision .of a labor commission-1 court , room, I'd make you take , that
er at a coat of not to exceed 13000 a 1 back. Believe 1 11 do it anyway'
. . - - .... . . . '. . t
year." I When the 'quarrel was at nignest
point the judge announces a is oay sen-1
tence for Moran and uainrr jonnson
took the man to ths prisoner's box.
BLIND PEDDLER'S CASE
IS PUZZLING OFFICIALS
A blind man. W. K. Courier, Is to he
HUSBAND IN COURT ROOM
UNCERTAINTY OF GUILT
! ; REASON FOR .. PARDON
: : Charaeterlrlng the conviction of George
OIUIU .'.. J - - . w
county Jail on conviction, of eontrib-ntlna-
to , tha delinquency of a minor,
as a miscarriage- of Justice," Governor
West signed a pardon for him and he
was released yesterday Blum was con
victed In Circuit Judge Gatens court on
April 1. -.i -' : 'f '
One of the features of the pardon was
a statement signed by J, Landljan,' the
foreman of the Jury, In which he said
that he dlscuiaed with the other Jurors
during . the deliberation a almllar case
which happened JO years ago In which
the' man was aentenced to 13 years ln
the penitentiary. . "..',.
Landlgan said that he believed, the
talk about that case Influenced the other
Jurors and that he has since come 'to
the conclusion that Blum was not guilty
and that a grave Injustice had been done
to Blum.; The petition for the pardon
bi signed by Judge Catena, Sheriff
Word,. Jailor Grafton and other promi
nent men. " :';
- Store Inquiries ' Abbot Bridge. "
' . Another: request for. Information as
to the $1,250,000 bonds to be Issued to
build Multnomah county's share of the
Interstate bridge has been received from
Farson, Son & Co., of Chicago, by the
i county commissioners this morning.
V Ferry Webster Ties Up.
. ' The ferry Webster is to be tied up all
day tomorrow that , necessary repalra
may be made. ' Regular runs will be
resumed Monday morning.
COMPILES FIGURES IN ,
; COST OF THE ELECTION
The actual cost of the special election
held November 4 : at which referred
measures 'and the Interstate -bridge
bonds were voted upon was 111.531.10.
exclusive of a small amount of Derma-1 eiven a trial by Jury Thursday after. I
nent eleetion supplies. County Auditor f noon in the municipal court on a charge!
Martin compiled the report, taking into I of vagrancy. - . , '
consideration only the expenses which I This case has been puatllng the city
were contracted for the election and not officials and members of the Assoclat
those which were for eauinment which I rh.,iu. i ,kI
W.1 J?M.d M Wf lec"05,, Th hearing will be chiefly to determine the
vavwuuiv a mm iuuvwa. UU!Og WIQ Uht a AmM tYtm infirm noKmlr A I
clerks. $6940.80; meals. UI4.56; rent Deddie on thi TsteVets: CourteV apmled
election quipment. 11660; locating- elec-1 J mn.mtt , th.
4-Inn hAAths mUAsllanMits tOif OR. I v gv aKww ws
tMiCnhitlZii permit - wag refused. The Associated
i.uftnu uuciw win man iniiuo.
but he refused. . and began his street
work over the protests of the city.. He
was arrested Monday and demanded a
Jury trial. ' The Jury was selected yes
terday. . .j; ' .
EXPONENT OF S0MERS
SYSTEM COMES TUESDAY
To explain and demonstrate the Som-I
ers unit system of property' valuation.
Walter W. Pollock, president of the I
Manufacturers' Appraisal company of I
Cleveland. Ohio, will arrive in Portland
Thursday morning. Friday noon the
will address .the Portland realty board,
and during the following few days he
will address various cmo . organisa
tions. Assessor Bead is responsible fori
his 'coming, and it was at his sugges
tion tbat the budget, advisory commit
tee recommended , that $26.00 6 be set
aside to install the hew. system in this
county.
In addition to the cost to the countv.
the city paid for a portion of certain of
the items which cover supplies and ex
penses for equipment to be used at the
city, election to be held next month.
FAVOR ADVANCE IN
V . ALDERMAN'S SALARY
Believing that Superintendent Alder
man's salary of $4000 a year is not tn
keeping with the responsibilities of the
omce and the practice of other cities,
xne .uigniana parent-Teacher assocla
tion went on record yesterday afternoon
as favoring an Increase. A committee
was appointed to bring the matter to the
attention or the school board. Mr. Al
derman was not consulted. It was ex
plained that Mr. Alderman Is nationally
anown. as an eaucator ana that the sup
erintenaent at Seattle gets $7000: at
Pittsburgh, $9000. and at Chicago.
$10,000. The association is fearful that
some other city . will come along and
grab Mr. Alderman by an offer of a
mgner salary than he la now getting.
OLD ' COMPANY G TO
MEET IN A . REUNION
A reunion of members of old comnanv
G of the Oregon National Guard will be
held at the Imperial hotel tonight Be
tween u ana 76 veterans will meet at
the armory at 0:30 p. m. Following a
arm tney win parade to the hotel, where
arrangements have been made for an
elaborate program. -Colonel Charles II.
Martin, Charles Beebe and Robert A.
Miller will be among the speakers.
Company Q was formed November 16.
1883, and was the beginning of the pres
ent Oregon National Guard. .About 121
members of the company are now liv
ing, with 80, of that number in this
state, . - '
Sleeth'a Case Is Continued.
The case against Dana Sleeth. editor
of the Portland News, and Phil Polsky.
charged in municipal court with reck
less driving, were yesterday continued
until next week because of tha absence
from the city of John F. Logan, attor
ney for the two men. Bleeth and Pol
sky were arrested several nights ago
fonowlng numerous complaints regard
ing their conduct in the car. ; j ; , ;
TWO MEN SIGN JURY
FINDING UNDER PROTEST
Two members of the coroner's iurv
that held Joseph Mossl responsible for
the death ' of the shack-dweller near
rroutdale, signed the verdict under pro
test. It is- customary and reKular for
Jurors in coroner's cases to thus sign a
veraici, u tne juror cnooses. There was
some argument , over the question of I
mobbi s part in; the tragedy, but, the
verdict finally agreed upon places the
blame upon him. The body of the dead
man is at the undertaking- establishment
oi running a McEntee awaiting Identi
fication: ':-:,.!.:;'''
STRICT COMPLIANCE
WITH LAW REQUIRED
Educational institutions must comblvl
strictly with the law regarding exemp
tion from: taxation In order to secure
its benefits, according to a decision by
Circuit Judge Davis yesterday. . Judas
Davis sustained a demurrer to the suit
of Columbia university to have Sheriff!
worn enjoined from collecting the taxes
on some qr us property for 1907.
. Deputy District : Attorney Hammer.
slep argued that the university was not!
is irn
: IH . If
18 i
1 ffe
Is Oo6
Of me quality, made from carefully
selecftd high-grade cocoa beans,
6kilfullAl)lended, prepared by a pcr
" feet mechanical process, without the
use of chemicals or dyes. ; It contains
no added potash, possesses a delicious
natural flavor, and is of great food value.
d Booklet cf Choice Recipes sent free
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.
Established 1789 'Dorchester, Mass.
,'.'' V 'M'-'i -"7& f.'-f.'-f.
incorporated at the .time, - and that
though the property was held ln trust
for the institution, rit could not be ex
empted, because the law. provides that
only Incorporated : instiutiowa shall be
eligible - for .exemption from taxation.
The university was not Incorporated un
til 190. i . f 1 1 1 , - ' ,
A'y.-t:; i i'ii m i asmsi awl n u si iim'.tfi i wiw iv ml' W f. r' V"- .
' 1 ' , A. T. O. to PUie. ', ''
' Members of the chapters of the Alpha
Tau Omega fraternities of the Univer
sities' of Oregon and .Washington will
4P-et!fiyL Jibe. members or the Alumni
this evening, following the Oregon
Washington football game, The dinner
will be held at the Commercial club and
will begin at 8:80 o'clock. "
VERNON CLUBS TO ASK 4
.' BETTER CAR SERVICE
Jw :vi-".'.f;'''v!"V ' 1 1 " " '':-Vr-''; v. ,'r
'Complaint against the -car service' on
the Alberta line was heard Thursday
night at a "meeting of . the Arcadian
club in Irvlngton Park, It was de
clared -that President F. T. Orlffilh of
the - Portland . Railway, tdght & Power
company baa taken away all the conces
sions the (district was allowed by B. S.
Jomelyn, the former preeident, Includ
ing the no-stop cars, modern cars and
aeir-Yated"carat".. Instead of a six-min
ute service that the line once had; it ir
claimed that XO-mlnute service 1st now
the rule.
After the meeting of the. Arcadian
club otljctivned, the membors went in a
body'-to a meeting of the AlberU Wo
men's Improvement club, where' Com
missioner Bigelow was speaktn The
women were Incensed,, it Is said,' over
the poor car service, and a' committee
was' named - to call - on Commissioner
Daly to aak for an ' improvement in
aervlce. ' .
" Hall Has Hod Enough.
Marshfleld, .. Or., Nov. 15.-County
Judge John F. Hall has announced that
when his term expires1 he will not be a
anire.' a lawyer North Bend and city
attorney of that place, is tlia. only can
didate who has so far announced his in
tention of running for the Judgeship.
HARMOrJIZir.'G 0F LAns A- t
IS SOUGHT PY HOLM AN
Chairman Holman of the county oom-
missloners has sent a letter to Pre-I
siding' Judge Kavanaugh of the circuit
court of Multnomah county asking that !
(no juuges u0bq ,v An. uuunty com-'i
mlssionera the DrODer procedure for h i
appointment of a commission to . tabu
late tfie conflicts in laws governing the
administration of county affalra
.jlils- purpose 14 o have amendments '
submitted, to ibe'lnexiU :i isitur to
simplify, the -laws In question. Wf ; e, , ,
i.-;S:i'" i i i i. f"imt ' i ! . '! . .
Journal 'Want Ads bring results. .
I" -V-""'T "!V? v'V'U.i U ' -rj-t Vi-ur:- ' '' ' ..-,.-''
4 , t:
The Snappy St. Louis
Motorcycle Club Which .Uses
United States Motorcycle Tires Exclusively
iafweullfiiik , ' "... 3i
known Portland, t
Or e.,f Motorcycle Club i 1
Which JJses United States :
Motorcycle Tires Exclusiyely
m
In..
Y ..'.iv'p'Wfli&l.
.Mi
till
lit;
if
IS
without
The increase of 1 39 ; Per Gent2 in the Sale
of United States MotorcyclelTire
parallel iii Motorcycle History : ; r ;J
This fact is Convincing and Sweeping Proof of the bcolute Superiority
and Popularity of these Famous Motorcycle Tires ; p ;
It isn't a matter of icords but of actual
performances year in and year out, on the
most 'rigorous roads, that has made these
iamous tires the greatest motorcycle tires
in the whole West .... . . v . . .
" iff, f n -
The feme of the motorcycle the health-'
fulness and usefulness it -affords the prac
tical advantage, it -is giving to thousands ,of
men ; to ; get to their places M of workis
demonstrated by the ever increasing numbers
and the new uses reported by the motorcycle
manuiacturers every day. -., . r ;
These popular tires have demonstrated ,
on' almost impassable roads the severe ;
punishment sthey can. stand. :"They have
shown the degree of fitness that means true
motorcycle comfort and . ecpnomy-r-absolute .'
tire , satisiaction to the thousands of Western
motorcycle riders. . ..
; Wher you purchase tJnited States Tires
you are sure of these vitally important facts:
" 1. , , Of the Four Factory Organization
behind these famous tires, V
;ing.
2, Of vast experience in tire build :
You will find the vast army of Western "
' motorcycle ' riders dernariding' the famous
United States MotoVcvcle Tires because thev .
know the, tires that stand the gruelling wear , . . 3. ' I Of a tremendous ? organization 1
and tear of the very worst roads evert, day.: that'actually-b&ckavp 'its' tires,'')-::' x :
f t'
The overwhelming number of automobile manufacturers who have
selected United .States TvesMflie' standard equipment ; of their 1914
cars proves unquestionably that United States Tire3 are today the
accepted standard for real tire service. ; ;; . : "
M"-J;'
r "
Pormna .Service' :BrkncK
24-?6"Fifth Street; North
1 '
X
Don't Be Talked Into a Substitute
Yourown dealer ' or any reliable dealer can supply you with
United, Stotes iT
Tread.,, If he has no stock on hand, insist that he: get them for,
you atbnce,Tor;gb;tb ari jKt y ' ;
Note lliisDeaJmh& best of everything. , ' ' V
1 f
" WUtt Mix
0 1TtJCr&
...